Footwear



Jan. 30, 1934. M. J. WEISBURD FOOTWEAR Filed Dec. 20. 1932 INVENTOR Patented Jan. 30, 1934 STATS F CE Application December 20, 1932 Serial No. 648,038

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to footwear and more particularly to slippers and aims to provide certain improvements therein.

An object of my invention is to provide in. a

simple, expeditious and economical manner a slipper in which the stitching or other securing means between the sole and the vamp will be invisible. Another object is to provide a slipper with either a hard or a soft sole, which, although made in a manner somewhat analogous to the process conventionally employed in the manufacture of soft sole slippers, will have the appearance of a slipper made in accordance with the Goodyear process. A further object or" my invention is to provide a soft sole slipper wherein the side wall of the sole will have a much more finished appearance than the soles of soft slippers as now conventionally made and thus render the slipper more readily saleable.

The foregoing and other objects of my invention I accomplish in the novel manner hereinafter described which will be better understood when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan View partly broken away, showing a slipper in an early stage of its manufacture. I

Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially along the plane of the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the relationship of parts after the vamp is turned rightside out.

Fig. 4e is a View similar to Fig. 3 showing the invention applied to a thin or soft sole slipper.

Referring first to Figs. 1 t0 3 of the drawing, wherein my invention is shown applied to what is commonly known as a hard sole slipper, let A indicate a sole blank which is of somewhat larger dimensions than the finished sole of the slipper for which it is intended, said blank being provided on its bottom face in with a blind out or groove 2a disposed in spaced substantially parallel relation to the edge of the blank. The spacing of said out or groove from the edge of the blank and the depth of said out will be dependent upon the thickness of the sole and the desired finish which the side wall of said sole is to have. The sole blank on its top face 3a is skived or formed with a rabbet around its edge as indicated at 4a, the width of said skiving extending inwardly beyond the blind cut 2a.

Secured to the bottom of the sole outwardly of the blind cut and in close proximity to the edge of the blank by stitching lb or equivalent means is a vamp B arranged in inside-out relation with respect to the bottom face of the sole. To bring the vamp into proper relation with respect to the sole, that is, to dispose it above the sole, it is turned rightside out in a manner well known in the art. In accomplishing this the edge portion of the sole outwardly of the cut 2a, which may be termed the hinge portion, is turned upwardly about the bottom of the blind cut as a line of fold to bring the walls of the blind out into substantially flush relation, as best shown at C in Fig. 3. 05 When this is done the hinge portion of the sole together with the inner edge of the vamp will extend over the top of the sole proper and may be caused to seat in the rabbet 4a. The slipper is then placed upon a last to cause the parts to set in desired form. If the inner edges of the turned up sole and vamp extend above the top face of the sole when the slipper is removed from the last the space between said edges above the top of the sole are filled up by an inner sole D of felt, cardboard or the like, and this in turn may be covered with a protective strip E.

In Fig. 4 I have shown my invention as applied to what is commonly known as a soft sole slipper wherein A is a soft sole formed in substantially so the same manner as the sole A excepting that its top face is not skived around the edges. It is provided with a cut or groove which serves as a line of fold when the slipper is turned to bring the vamp above the sole and in the course of said 35 turning the walls of the blind out are brought into substantially flush relation as shown at C. In this connection, it will be noted that the outer wall of the sole at C is of somewhat greater thickness than the sole proper due to the doubling back on itself of the sole at its edge. The inwardly disposed seam between the sole and the vamp produces the effect of an extension sole, which gives to the soft slipper sole a more finished appearance thereby rendering the article more readily sale- 9 able. A felt or other suitable pad or insole D may be disposed above the sole proper between the inner edges of the inturned ends of said sole to fill in the space above the sole caused by the construction described. A back or quarter (not 5 shown) may be secured to the rear portion of the sole in a manner analogous to that described for the vamp. The vamp and the back or quarter constitute what is known as the upper of the slipper. Fro-m the foregoing detailed description it will be apparent that footwear made in accordance with my invention possesses all the characteristics and advantages set forth in the statement of the 119 objects of my invention at the beginning of this specification.

While I have shown and described but a few embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the specific forms and details of construction set forth, since the same maybe varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I "claim is:

1. The method of making footwear which comprises forming a sole of larger dimensions than the finished sole for the particular article, making a blind cut in the bottom face of the sole in spaced substantially parallel relation to its edge, skiving the top face of the sole around its edge to a width inwardly of the blind cut, securing an upper in insidelout relation to the bottom of the sole outwardly of the blind cut, turning the upper rightside-out to overlie the top of the sole and causing the edge portion of the sole to which the upper is secured to seat over the skived portion after turning said edge portion of the sole upwardly about the blind cut as a line of fold to bring the walls of the blind cut into substantially flush relation.

2. The method of making footwear which comprises forming a sole of larger dimensions than the finished sole for the particular article, skiving the top face of the sole around its edge to a width approximately twice the thickness of the sole, securing an upper in inside-out relation to the bottom of the sole near its edge, turning the upper rightside-out to overlie the top of the sole and causing the edge portion of the sole to which the upper is secured to turn upwardly and inwardly to seat on the skived oif portion.

MORRIS J. WEISBURD. 

